Collard Greens

Collard Greens takes roughly 25 minutes from beginning to end. This recipe serves 4 and costs 96 cents per serving. Watching your figure? This gluten free and dairy free recipe has 188 calories, 7g of protein, and 14g of fat per serving. A mixture of dark sesame oil, chili pepper, collard greens, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so scrumptious. This recipe is liked by 885 foodies and cooks. It is a very reasonably priced recipe for fans of Southern food. It works well as a side dish. It is brought to you by Simply Recipes. With a spoonacular score of 100%, this dish is tremendous. Similar recipes include Braised Collard Greens, Mustard Greens, and Red Swiss Chard, Perfect Southern Greens (Kale, Beet, Collard Greens, Mustard), and Best Ever Collard Greens.

Servings: 4

Preparation duration: 5 minutes

Cooking duration: 20 minutes

 

Ingredients:

2 teaspoons bacon fat

Chili pepper flakes, a pinch

2 lbs collard greens, tough stems discarded, leaves chopped

2 Tbsp dark sesame oil (Dynasty or comparable)

1 large garlic clove, minced

1 Tbsp olive oil

2 Tbsp medium onion, chopped

Salt, a couple pinches

Sugar, a couple pinches

Equipment:

frying pan

Cooking instruction summary:

1 Use a large skillet with a tight fitting cover. Melt bacon fat and heat olive oil on medium heat. Sauté onion until transparent, a couple of mintues. Add garlic and and cook until fragrant, about 30 seconds.2 Mix in the greens, sesame oil, chili pepper flakes, salt, and sugar. Cover and cook until tender, 8-15 minutes. (Note that young collard greens will cook up relatively quickly. Older greens may take upwards of 45 minutes to tenderize.)If you want, serve with barbecue sauce.

 

Step by step:


1. 1 Use a large skillet with a tight fitting cover. Melt bacon fat and heat olive oil on medium heat. Sauté onion until transparent, a couple of mintues.

2. Add garlic and and cook until fragrant, about 30 seconds.2

3. Mix in the greens, sesame oil, chili pepper flakes, salt, and sugar. Cover and cook until tender, 8-15 minutes. (Note that young collard greens will cook up relatively quickly. Older greens may take upwards of 45 minutes to tenderize.)If you want, serve with barbecue sauce.


Nutrition Information:

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187k Calories
6g Protein
13g Total Fat
13g Carbs
100% Health Score
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Calories
187k
9%

Fat
13g
21%

  Saturated Fat
2g
15%

Carbohydrates
13g
4%

  Sugar
1g
2%

Cholesterol
1mg
1%

Sodium
139mg
6%

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Protein
6g
14%

Vitamin K
994µg
947%

Vitamin A
11390IU
228%

Vitamin C
80mg
98%

Manganese
1mg
76%

Folate
293µg
73%

Calcium
528mg
53%

Vitamin E
5mg
38%

Fiber
9g
37%

Vitamin B6
0.39mg
20%

Vitamin B2
0.3mg
17%

Magnesium
61mg
15%

Potassium
493mg
14%

Vitamin B3
1mg
8%

Vitamin B1
0.13mg
8%

Iron
1mg
6%

Vitamin B5
0.62mg
6%

Phosphorus
59mg
6%

Copper
0.11mg
5%

Selenium
3µg
4%

Zinc
0.5mg
3%

covered percent of daily need
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